# Stupid Republican idea of the day **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897 "2009-03-26T18:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 733
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14641 "2014-05-15T02:43:38Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > At this point Jesus his own self could hover down from the Heavens, crowned in glory and dressed in pure light, on a golden throne carried by the Four Apostles, to the sound of the blaring trumpets of all the archangels. He could announce that the Kingdom of God is at hand, peace everlasting and an end to all suffering and disease. > > Next day Drudge would still headline with “Obama surrenders American sovereignty to metrosexual middle-eastern potentate ; defense, pharmaceutical industries in jeopardy. WHERE IS THE OUTRAGE ?”. Well, if taking the standard definition that Jesus is “the way, the truth and **the light** ”, this is already happening. [Utilities launch campaign against home-based solar](http://money.msn.com/saving-money-tips/post--utilities-launch-campaign-against-home-based-solar): > [@](#): > > The Koch brothers, anti-tax activist Grover Norquist and some of the nation’s largest power companies have backed efforts in recent months to roll back state policies that favor green energy. The conservative luminaries have pushed campaigns in Kansas, North Carolina and Arizona, with the battle rapidly spreading to other states. > > Another group working to repeal solar laws and green energy requirements is the controversial American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which brings conservative state lawmakers together with business and industry representatives to write draft legislation. > [@](#): > > The utilities claim net metering dumps unfair costs on customers who don’t have solar panels. It leaves fewer households covering the costs of keeping utility systems running, they say No Jesus power at home for you! If it isn’t immediately jumping out at you why this is stupid, realize that people with solar panels on their homes sell power to the utility at wholesale prices, who turn around and sell it to someone else at retail prices, guaranteeing a profit without burning any fuel. The “people with solar panels are freeriders on the grid!” argument fails, and fails hard. What I really want to know, though, is why do conservatives hate Jesus? ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14642 "2014-05-15T02:51:22Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > What I really want to know, though, is why do conservatives hate Jesus? He’s some kind of middle-eastern dude, maybe an Arab. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14643 "2014-05-15T03:43:12Z")
Ah, that explains it. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14644 "2014-05-15T05:27:48Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > What I really want to know, though, is why do conservatives hate Jesus? It is kind of like the diet-food version, **American Christianity** _ **NEW!** Improved! Jesus-FREE!_ ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14645 "2014-05-15T05:46:52Z")
It’s a lot of jesus statues and early Old Testament stuff. Genesis through Deuteronomy is pretty much as far into the Bible as most of them have bothered to read. Going to church is so the man in the dress can read the book for them. Why read it in your spare time? That’s a god-awful waste. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14646 "2014-05-15T06:00:36Z")
Some Leviticus. Not the weird stuff, about not eating shrimp or cheeseburgers. Just the “thou shalt not” stuff. Dunno why, but something about forbidding shit really guns their engines. ---
**Author:** ![Askthepizzaguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askthepizzaguy/32/9405_2.png) [@Askthepizzaguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askthepizzaguy)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14647 "2014-05-15T06:11:43Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Some Leviticus. Not the weird stuff, about not eating shrimp or cheeseburgers. Just the “thou shalt not” stuff. Dunno why, but something about forbidding shit really guns their engines. I’m giving them credit to read as far as Deuteronomy, since Leviticus is a couple of books before Deuteronomy. As a guy who has sat down and read the thing, it is a tiresome pointless random nonsensical contradictory slog, and definitely a book unworthy of being called holy by anyone. ---
**Author:** ![Gedd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gedd/32/4938_2.png) [@Gedd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gedd)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14648 "2014-05-15T13:43:48Z")
Leviticus is just rules and Numbers is boooooring, lists of people and animals. But after Deuteronomy the action picks up with the wars and the killing and the gnashing of teeth! ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14649 "2014-05-15T14:00:09Z")
> [@Gedd](#): > > Leviticus is just rules and Numbers is boooooring, lists of people and animals. Numbers 31 isn’t boring at all. Israel fights against Midian, and the Israelites kill all the Midianite men, but not the women and children. Moses, whom Jerry Falwell called “a man of peace” when contrasting him with that mean old Muhammad, is furious that they didn’t kill all the male children, and all the women who weren’t virgins, so he orders them (verse 17) to massacre them immediately. But they can keep the virgin women as spoils of war. Verse 35 says that there were 32,000 virgins, which means the number of women and male children captives slaughtered after the battle was probably twice that. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14650 "2014-05-15T15:23:32Z")
[Operation American Spring](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/13/operation-american-spring-promises-to-drive-obama-from-office-this-friday/) expects to get “10 million to 30 million like-minded Americans to join them Friday in the nation’s capital for a rally patterned after Occupy Wall Street and “Arab Spring” protests” this week. But why? > [@](#): > > “We are calling for the removal of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, and Eric Holder as a start toward constitutional restoration,” said retired Army Col. Harry Riley, leader of the Operation American Spring protest group. “They have all abandoned the US Constitution, are unworthy to be retained in a position that calls for servant status.” > > Operation American Spring aims to pressure those lawmakers who remain – or are replaced by officials of their own choosing – “to sponsor and pass very Constitutionally crafted State legislation to dissolve the size, powers, scope and spending of the U.S. Government by 2/3rds.” > … > Organizers also anticipate “incremental nullification” by state legislatures of “all withholding taxes, employment taxes, employer taxes, and income taxes.” Write if you get work, guys. ---
**Author:** ![yanceylebeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yanceylebeef/32/12290_2.png) [@yanceylebeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yanceylebeef)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14651 "2014-05-15T15:42:17Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Operation American Spring](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/13/operation-american-spring-promises-to-drive-obama-from-office-this-friday/) expects to get “10 million to 30 million like-minded Americans to join them Friday in the nation’s capital for a rally patterned after Occupy Wall Street and “Arab Spring” protests” this week. But why? > > Write if you get work, guys. The earth will quiver under the roar of literally dozens of hoverounds and Rascal scooters. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14652 "2014-05-15T16:07:29Z")
> [@yanceylebeef](#): > > The earth will quiver under the roar of literally dozens of hoverounds and Rascal scooters. **Obama:** Get off my White House lawn! ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14653 "2014-05-15T16:19:17Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Operation American Spring](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/13/operation-american-spring-promises-to-drive-obama-from-office-this-friday/) expects to get “10 million to 30 million like-minded Americans to join them Friday in the nation’s capital for a rally patterned after Occupy Wall Street and “Arab Spring” protests” this week. But why? > > Write if you get work, guys. What is amusing is that they plan on those numbers and refused to set up any porta-potties, instead insisting that local eateries and hotels’ bathrooms will do just fine: [http://www.operationamericanspring.org/forum/showthread.php/3110-Bathrooms](http://www.operationamericanspring.org/forum/showthread.php/3110-Bathrooms) ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14654 "2014-05-15T16:22:21Z")
> [@old cloud shouter](#): > > “We are calling for the removal of Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell, John Boehner, Nancy Pelosi, and Eric Holder as a start toward constitutional restoration,” Because that’s \*totally \*constitutional. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14655 "2014-05-15T16:22:58Z")
How the hell did they get a permit for such a supposedly large-scale event without proper porta-potty preparation? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Miskatonic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.miskatonic/32/310_2.png) [@Mr.Miskatonic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Miskatonic)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14656 "2014-05-15T16:25:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > How the hell did they get a permit for such a supposedly large-scale event without proper porta-potty preparation? Because they don’t need no steeenkeeng permit from the gaycommunistmuslimnazi guv’ment. ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14657 "2014-05-15T16:27:36Z")
> [@ElvisL1ves](#): > > [Operation American Spring](http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/05/13/operation-american-spring-promises-to-drive-obama-from-office-this-friday/) expects to get “10 million to 30 million like-minded Americans to join them Friday in the nation’s capital for a rally patterned after Occupy Wall Street and “Arab Spring” protests” this week. But why? > > Write if you get work, guys. Hmmm…10% of the US population drops everything and hangs out on the streets of D.C. for some unknown period of time. I’m pretty sure they haven’t thought this through (yeah, I know, that goes without saying). But the economic implications are interesting. First of all, it costs a pretty penny to travel to D.C. and live in what is a rather expensive city. So even if you assume penny pinching on everyone’s part (sharing gas and RV’s), I bet it’s still going to average 500-1000 dollars per person. So that’s going to pump $30 billion dollars back into the economy. Meanwhile, while these folks are idling on the streets of D.C., presumably their employers will be hiring replacements. So the unemployment rate will drop to essentially zero, as all the protesters will be assumed to have voluntarily having stopped working. So big gains for the states and the Feds not having to dole out unemployment compensation. Meanwhile, I assume that if D.C. becomes too fetid, what with the logjam of R.V.s and lack of water and sewerage, then I assume the actual government will relocate to any of a number of backup sites while the protesters slowly expire from cholera and typhoid. Actually, it all sounds rather promising. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14658 "2014-05-15T16:30:09Z")
> [@Mr.Miskatonic](#): > > What is amusing is that they plan on those numbers and refused to set up any porta-potties, instead insisting that local eateries and hotels’ bathrooms will do just fine: > > [http://www.operationamericanspring.org/forum/showthread.php/3110-Bathrooms](http://www.operationamericanspring.org/forum/showthread.php/3110-Bathrooms) The very first sentence of the very first reply on that thread: > [@](#): > > Warning: Many of the restroom locations listed above are actively frequented by homosexual men looking for anonymous gay sex. Look on the bright side: now you might be able to get Larry Craig as your keynote speaker. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14659 "2014-05-15T17:11:36Z")
> [@random idiot](#): > > Warning: Many of the restroom locations listed above are actively frequented by homosexual men looking for anonymous gay sex. OK, I’ll believe you - but how do \*you \*know? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2014, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897/14660 "2014-05-15T17:12:24Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > How the hell did they get a permit for such a supposedly large-scale event without proper porta-potty preparation? A revolution requires a **permit** now?! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=732) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day/490897.md?page=734)